Maximum Security News

Small numbers of stab-proof vests will soon be available to prison guards after assaults on guards swelled last year to an average of one per day, the Corrections Department says.

A riot Friday afternoon at Pelican Bay State Prison left one inmate seriously injured, while another six had to be treated for minor stab wounds and other injuries.

An Arkansas prison guard fired after an inmate was left in his own excrement for a weekend and nearly died had been previously fired for having stolen food and rehired by the prison system, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.

The morning of January 5, 2006, was unlike any other for Police Inspector Ancil Corbett and other officers investigating the death of San Juan businesswoman, Samdaye Rampersad.

Kampala Mr Gerald Mukasa was 16-years-old when he was arrested and charged with murder in 1998.

Filipino inmates perform inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center , Cebu province, central Philippines, yesterday More than 1,500 Philippine inmates at a maximum security prison on Saturday performed a Michael Jackson tribute for the public with a dance routine that has become a global Internet hit.

A fire just before 2 p.m. Tuesday that damaged a house in the 2800 block of Kaylin Drive in Shreveport started when a tree limb fell on a wire connected to the dwelling, authorities said.

Standish Prison Candlelight Vigil Planned Residents Continue Fight To Keep Prison Open June 22, 2009 Standish Prison Candlelight Vigil Planned STANDISH, Mich.

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday sentenced former mayor of Krasnoarmeisk, Moscow region, to 7.5 years in a maximum security penitentiary.

A 59-year-old Marco Island woman is being held in a maximum security psychiatric hospital after Maryland authorities say she shot and killed her ex-husband and then attempted to run away when her 16-year-old daughter called police.

The Board of Juvenile Affairs is discussing whether to build a private prison that could result in closing an existing one, possibly the aging L.E. Rader Center in Sand Springs.

By Carien du Plessis New questions have been raised about prisoner releases on medical parole after an inmate died just hours after his family was informed that he was terminally ill and might need to go home for care.

Following up on my recent post regarding a potentially groundbreaking prison privatization proposal in Arizona, J.J. Hensley at the Arizona Republic writes that state Department of Corrections director Charles Ryan is asking Gov.

The prospect of Arizona selling off its state prisons for a cash influx might bode well for the budget, but it comes with "grave concerns" from the director of the Department of Corrections, according to a letter Charles Ryan sent to Gov.

A 41-year-old woman who was stripped in front of six male sheriff's deputies and sprayed with Mace after refusing to disrobe at Bossier Maximum Security Facility about a year ago is suing Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen and others.

Michigan will close three prisons - including one maximum security prison - and five minimum security camps, as part of Gov.

A Bossier City man turned himself in Wednesday night after learning the charge against him had been upgraded to manslaughter following the death of the man he allegedly punched Saturday night, according to Bossier City police.

Four Cook County jail inmates were injured after a fight broke out in the maximum-security section of the jail Tuesday night.

A helpful reader flagged this new commentary from Dahlia Lithwick at Slate , titled "Cage Match: Guantanamo is the least of America's prison problems." Here are snippets from its start and end: The public-opinion two-step on the wisdom of closing the prison camp at Guantanamo is fascinating, and not just because Americans are now inclined to keep ...

Already this year, three inmates have scaled the razor wire atop the Charles B. Bass Correctional Complex and its annex and escaped.